Category: Nonfiction

Everything you read in the nonfiction category is true. It may be rather mundane, but I promise it’s true. I haven’t lived a very exciting life, so a good question would be then why am I writing nonfiction? It’s not like I have any skydiving stories in which my parachute didn’t eject. The answer is, I have no idea.

Are you comfortable driving a tractor?

Reginald Edwin Pillow on his tractor in Old Well, Virginia

May 21 Is My Dog’s Birthday, Not the Day My Dad Died

A brief history of Anti-Lou

I’ve been thinking about my own mortality a lot lately

Photo: Dmitry Terekhov. "Yakovlev Yak-42 airplane." Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

A little piece of Shauna’s heart

Photo: epSos .de. “Suicide.” Licensed under CC BY 2.0

When geese attack; or, how I almost got my ass kicked by a Canadian goose

A Canadian goose can give even Chuck Norris a run for his money in terms of sheer terror and striking fear into the hearts of passersby

I Love You So Much, I’m Eating Sardines

My dad ate sardines like they were going out of style. Can I eat at least one?

The Sound of His Voice, Mumbled and Deep

Craig Lancaster vs. Jonathan Evison

A Greater Plan: A Son Remembers His Dad on Father’s Day

Interview with Thomas Thwaites, author of The Toaster Project

I Don’t Want To Be a Writer Anymore: Part I

The Lady Next Door